013. [Stardew Valley] There is always only one truth
"This ...... It's hard to investigate them all, right? β
Seeing Nan Xiao's embarrassed face, as if he wanted to retreat, the mage suddenly began to mix potions. "Fern grass, moss larvae, caramel top poisonous mushrooms......" He took out a bunch of herbs that sounded weird and threw them into the green smoke cauldron, and began to stir and cook. After grunting for a while, he scooped out the potion and put it on the floor for a magic circle to perform the ceremony.
After a flash of lightning and thunder, there was an extra bottle of potion on the floor. The appearance is very good, transparent and slightly blue, clear as a cloudless clear sky in early summer. The mage picked up the potion and said to Nan Xiao, "That's what you need, a bottle of 'Fluent Language' Potion. Drink it, and it will have a constant translation effect on you. From now on, any language will be like your mother tongue to you. β
What's the horse? And this kind of good thing?
Nan Xiao suddenly felt very wronged. I knew that there was such an anti-heaven potion, why should I study hard in Vault 101 for three years?
But if you think about it carefully, if it weren't for three years of hard study in Vault 101, I'm afraid you wouldn't have been able to get along in the Stardew Valley world at all. English is used everywhere, okay? As far as the vocabulary of the three-legged cat before, I am afraid that it will be difficult to understand the letter left by my grandfather.
When I think about it, my mentality is much more balanced.
Since there is a Celestial Potion as a reward, this task can be done.
Isn't it just all kinds of inquiries, those villagers like to gossip when they get together, just bring an ear to listen to it. The mage did not set a deadline for the task, so he could investigate slowly.
A few days later, Nan Xiao had some clues.
According to all the information, there are probably a few people in the town who may be the illegitimate children of the mage: Sam, the son of housewife Jodi, Sebastian, the son of Robin the carpenter, Abigail, the daughter of Caroline, the grocery store owner, Leah the artist (whose parents are unknown), who lives alone near the cider forest, and Penny, the daughter of the drunkard Pam.
Everyone else ruled it out, either because they were not the right age, or they weren't a mage at first glance. For example, Maru, the youngest daughter of Robin the carpenter, is of black blood, and at first glance Robin was born to her legitimate husband Demetrius (black).
Next, Nan Xiao investigated these key suspects one by one.
Sam was the first to be crossed. Because housewife Jodi's legitimate husband Kent suddenly returned. At the first glance of Kent, Nan Xiao knew that this must be Sam's own father. It's all super Saiyan-like hedgehog-headed blonde hair, which is simply branded out of a mold.
Sebastian is very likely. Robin never pre-empts her husband, maybe her ex-husband is a mage. Moreover, this boy has purple hair very similar to that of a mage, and he also likes the occult.
Another very likely candidate is Abigail. She also has purple hair and is also fond of the occult, her favorite gift is amethyst, and she even eats quartz. A mineral that is as hard as steel! The mouth is so good.
Leah...... She loves art, a bit like a mage. Her parents are unknown, and they are very taboo to mention it, and rarely go to bars to talk to people. This makes it difficult to investigate.
Penny is Pam's daughter. That drunkard aunt, who is currently unemployed, knows about alcoholism all day long. No one knows who Penny was born to. Pam would have dared to say anything when he was drunk, but whenever anyone mentioned Penny's father, he would have turned his face.
After an in-depth investigation, Leah and Penny were also ruled out.
The tavernkeeper Gus made it clear that Leah was an outsider. She used to live in a big city and had a boyfriend. Later, I broke up with my boyfriend, so I went to Stardew Valley alone to engage in art. In this way, it should not be the daughter of a mage.
Penny's father is indeed a mystery, but she does not exhibit the slightest trait of affinity magic, and her hair color is not like it. Pam used to be a driver, and she came back from a pregnancy outside, and later gave birth to Penny. Looking at it this way, it should have nothing to do with the mage.
There were only two of them left. Is it Sebastian or Abigail? These two are suspicious, and they have a good relationship, and they are often tired of being together. It is said that people who are related by blood will subconsciously feel that the other party is more cordial, which is very reasonable.
It should be very reasonable for the mage to green so many people in Pelican Town, and to have a son and a daughter.
In short, start with two mothers. Robin the carpenter and Carolyn, the grocery store proprietor. They must know whose seed their child is.
Nan Xiao decided to talk to Robin the carpenter first.
As soon as he pushed the door open and walked into the carpenter's shop, he saw Robin standing at the counter. She had her back to the door, not knowing what she was up to.
It was quiet in the carpenter's shop, and she was alone.
Her husband, Sebastian, is a biologist and spends his days working in the field. Daughter Maru must have gone to the clinic at this time, where she worked as a nurse. As for his son Sebastian, even if he is at home, he most of the time he keeps himself tightly at home.
Dingdong, the doorbell rings.
Hearing the doorbell, Robin seemed to suddenly tense up. She clamped her shoulders tightly, and her arms trembled slightly, like a little white sheep waiting to be slaughtered.
"Lewis, not today......" her voice was pitiful, with a begging tone.
At this moment, she turned around, and suddenly saw that it was Nan Xiao, and her eyes widened in surprise: "Hey, it's you?" β
Hold the grass, the amount of information is huge!
For a full minute, Nan Xiao didn't speak, and his head turned rapidly.
Why did she call the town elder by his name? This shows that the person she expected to come should have been Mayor Lewis, but it turned out that something was wrong, so she closed it in time.
It's nothing, is it? It's just the wrong person.
Too naΓ―ve, is it that simple?
Nan Xiao instantly remembered that when he first arrived in Stardew Valley, Robin picked up people at the station and said, "...... It was Mayor Lewis who asked me to pick you up and take you to your new home. He's already there to clean the house for you......" or something like that.
Then here's the problem!
1. Why did you send Robin to pick me up at the station?
2. Mayor Tangtang, why do you want to clean the house for me?
Before coming to Stardew Valley, Tranquility Garden Farm was deserted. The cabin that my grandfather left for him was very quiet. Is there anything better for cheating than there? Lewis asked Robin to pick him up, just to stall for time. He stayed in the wooden house to clean it, in fact, to destroy the evidence of cheating!
There's always only one truth - Mayor Mare and Robin must have a leg!
Thinking about it carefully, the two of them also joked that the cabin was too old that day, and the carpenter shop had business. That flirtatious tone is almost as if it doesn't exist. It's a real hammer, and what evidence is needed for this.
Nan Xiao decided to go straight in. "Is Sebastian the mayor's son?" He deliberately manipulated his tone, imagining that he was possessed by Conan. His expression was calm and his eyes were piercing, and Robin could not deny it at all.
Robin instantly fell into a panic. "No, no," she denied without a word, "it has nothing to do with Mayor Mayor. β
"Really? So it must be the son of the mage Majri Lasmodis? β
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Seeing Robin's entangled face, Nan Xiao knew that there was a good chance of this, and hurriedly knocked it to death: "Don't be nervous, I won't tell others, it's just that the mage wants to know if he has a son in the town." β
"I'm not sure," Robin said in a huff, "I don't remember all this time." β
You don't deny it, Nan Xiao thought, as long as you can trick the bottle of language potion into your hands, you don't care so much about him.
I was about to go back to the Mage Tower to hand in the mission, when suddenly there was a commotion outside.
Sebastian rushed in in a panic and shouted, "Shut the door!" Close the door! There's a fight outside! Monsieur Pierre is crazy! β
Fighting?
Hurry out and see smoke billowing from the south and a fire burning at Pierre's grocery store.